Shawdesh Desk:

Today is the birthday of the country’s noted actress Babita. Her fans, friends, co-artistes and well-wishers have sent birthday greetings to the internationally-acclaimed actress.

Farida Akhter Babita, popularly known as Babita was born in Jashore on July 30 in 1953. Babita is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Ashani Sanket’ (Distant Thunder), a novel adaptation about the Bengal famine of 1943. ‘Ashani Sanket’ won the Golden Bear prize at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973.

Babita was active in Bangladeshi films as an actress from 1968 to 1996. Babita acted in about 290 films. After winning the National Film Award in 1975, she won three consecutive best actress prizes. She won Best Actress in 1986, Best Producer in 1997 and Best Supporting Actress Award twice in 2002 and 2012. In addition, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award of the National Film Award in 2016.

Babita’s brother-in-law Zahir Raihan first cast her for his movie ‘Jaltey Suraj Ka Nichey’. The film was not completed but she found a break through into the Dhaka film industry. Her first released film was ‘Shesh Porjonto’.

Babita starrer noted films are ‘Shundori’, ‘Ekmutho Bhat’, ‘Anonto Prem’, ‘Bashundhara’,  ‘Shohag’, ‘Fakir Majnu Shah’, ‘Owada’, ‘Lathial’, ‘Kotha Dilam’, ‘Nisahn’, ‘Atim’, ‘Laili Majnu’, ‘Dur Desh’, ‘Phul Shojja’, ‘Birongana Shokina’, ‘Mintu Amar Naam’, ‘Shukhe Thako’, ‘Taka Anna Pai’, ‘Shorolipi’, ‘Manusher Mon’, ‘Pich Dhala Path’, ‘Noyon Moni’, ‘Jonmo Theke Jolchi’ and ‘Anarkoli’.